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James Kinsley's avatar

Totally unaware of this, fascinating.

While we're talking kitchens, allow me to recommend Scandinavian comedy Kitchen Stories. Delightful film about a Norwegian bachelor farmer agreeing to have an ergonomics expert watch him use his kitchen as part of study to improve kitchen design.

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Beth Collier's avatar

Thank you, James! Will look that up!

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Jenny Hammerton's avatar

Absolutely LOVED this! Soooooo interesting, thanks for revealing all this good stuff! If you ever get the chance to go to Farley’s - the house where Lee Miller lived

Near Lewes - her kitchen is all exactly as she left it.

Apparently she was one of the first people in the UK to get a fitted kitchen…

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Beth Collier's avatar

Thank you, Jenny! And wouldn’t you know, I actually looked up Lee Miller recently - this is definitely on the list! Thank you! 😊

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Jenny Hammerton's avatar

I recently spent a day cooking in her kitchen - it was MAGICAL. We made lots of dishes to her own recipes - including Tomato Soup Cake - will be writing about it soon, will try and remember to tip you the wink when it's out... xx

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Beth Collier's avatar

I love tomato soup - and cake. But would not have thought to put the two together. 🤔

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Mary Curry's avatar

I love this! I had read about her before, but this deep dive is great. We have finally moved into our renovated house and I can confirm it takes a lot of thought to get it right.

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Beth Collier's avatar

Thank you, Mary! And now I’m curious about your kitchen! 😊

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Kalee's avatar

Very interesting. I worked in interior design in the 80-90s and did not know this. Will you write about English kitchens too? Please!

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Beth Collier's avatar

Thanks, Kalee! I might have to add the English kitchen background to my research list…🤔

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Kalee's avatar

Our kitchen is a 1750s log cabin. It has a large open hearth fireplace, which we do occasionally use for cooking.

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